Airport apron

Airbus A380-800 operated by Qatar Airways at London

Heathrow Airport apron outside Terminal 4 with a wide range of
ground handling equipments around such as aircraft container,
pallet loader, ULD, jet air starter, belt loader, pushback tug,
catering vehicles and dollies.

The apron area of Prague Vclav Havel Airport in the Czech

Republic

The airport apron is the area of an airport where aircraft

are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled, or boarded.[1]
Although the use of the apron is covered by regulations,
such as lighting on vehicles, it is typically more accessible
to users than the runway or taxiway. However, the apron
is not usually open to the general public and a license may
be required to gain access.

1.2 Ramp

In the United States, the word ramp is an older term for an

area where pre-ight activities were done; an apron was
any area for parking and maintenance. Passenger gates
are the main feature of a terminal ramp. The word apron
is the ICAO and FAA terminology (the word ramp is not),
The use of the apron may be controlled by the apron man- so the word ramp is not used with this meaning outside
agement service (apron control or apron advisory) to pro- the US, Canada, Maldives, and the Philippines.
vide coordination between the users.
The apron is designated by the ICAO as not being part of
the maneuvering area. All vehicles, aircraft and people
using the apron are referred to as apron trac.

2 See also
Pavement Classication Number (PCN)
Hardstand

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3 References

Other terms

[1] FAA Advisory Circular 120-57A See page 2 for denition of Apron (Ramp)

Tarmac

Many people in the general public and news media refer

to the apron at airports as the tarmac despite the fact
that most of these areas are often paved with concrete
not tarmac, often referred to as PQ (Pavement Quality)
concrete. The term tarmac was used during an early
aircraft hijack episode in the Middle East. The reporter
with a British accent reported that the aircraft was parked
on the tarmac and it stuck as a descriptive area.

4 External links
Media related to Airport aprons at Wikimedia Commons
Challenges to airport ramp and runway debris control

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